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DESCRIPTION:Marking the 15th Anniversary of the R v RDS decision\, this int
 eractive participatory CRLT Think Tank Seminary is brought to you by the B
 lack Law Students Association of McGill\, the Human Rights Working Group\,
  and the 51�Թ���Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. Dr. Esmeralda
  M.A. Thornhill\, Professor\, Schulich School of Law\, Dalhousie Universit
 y & O'Brien Fellow in Residence\, 51�Թ���Centre for Human Rights & Legal P
 luralism will be leading this interactive seminar and speaking on the ongo
 ing impact of this landmark case on the legal community.  We invite attend
 ees to  read R v RDS [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484. Most Law students will read it o
 r have read it in Foundations and/or Constitutional Law. R v RDS is a  lea
 ding Supreme Court of Canada decision on establishing the rules for determ
 ining reasonable apprehension of bias in the court system by  judges\, and
  establishing limits to the application of social context in  judging.   A
 bout the speaker  Lawyer\, Human Rights and Anti-Racist Educator\, Dr. Esm
 eralda Thornhill is a Full Professor of Law at Dalhousie University. From 
 1996-2002\, she was the first holder of the James Robinson Johnston Endowe
 d Chair in Black Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University\, a national ini
 tiative to “bring Black culture\, reality\, and perspectives into the Acad
 emy.” Her expertise and writings on ‘race’ are recognized both nationally 
 and internationally by academics and policy-makers alike such as the Unite
 d Nations and UNESCO and institutions of higher of learning including Univ
 ersity of West Indies (Barbados\, Trinidad)\, McGill\, Concordia\, UBC\, W
 indsor\, Western Ontario\, Temple\, Cheyney\, UNC (Chapel Hill)\, Wellesle
 y\, Hamilton College and Central Connecticut State where she has lectured.
   For more information\, contact blsa.law [at] mail.mcgill.ca or Sandra Ai
 gbinode (VP External BLSAM) at Sandra.Aigbinode [at] mail.mcgill.ca   Ever
 yone welcome!
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LOCATION:Stephen Scott Seminar Room (OCDH 16)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, 
 QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:R. v. R.D.S. revisited after 15 years
URL:/law/channels/event/r-v-rds-revisited-after-15-yea
 rs-218944
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